Notice2025-20506
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
November 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52641-52643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20506]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 24-91]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales
notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Urooj Zahra at (703) 695-6233,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-
164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives with attached Transmittal 24-
91, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: November 18, 2025.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 24-91
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Japan
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *................ $3.4 billion
Other.................................... $0.7 billion
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TOTAL.................................. $4.1 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Up to nine (9) KC-46A aircraft
Up to eighteen (18) PW4062 turbofan engines
Up to sixteen (16) AN/ALR-69A radar warning receivers
Up to thirty-three (33) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure
(LAIRCM) Guardian Laser Turret Assemblies (GLTAs)
Up to eighteen (18) LAIRCM system processor replacements
Non-Major Defense Equipment:
The following non-MDE items will also be included: missile warning
sensors; Cartridge Actuated Devices and Propellent Actuated Devices
(CAD/PADs); control interface units; User Data Module (UDM) cards;
electronic warfare database support; KIV-77 crypto modules; KY-100
crypto terminals; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKL); AN/APX-119
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; communications
equipment; Computer Program Identification Numbers (CPINS); integration
and test support and equipment; aircraft components, parts, and
accessories; support and support equipment; spare parts, consumables
and accessories, and repair and return support; training aids, devices,
and spare parts; minor modifications and maintenance support;
instruments and lab equipment; classified and unclassified software
delivery and support; facilities and construction support; unclassified
publications and technical documentation; personnel training and
training equipment; jet fuel; transportation and airlift support;
warranties; studies and surveys; United States (U.S.) Government and
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and
other related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force (JA-D-SAP)
(v) Prior Related Cases; if any: JA-D-SAJ
(vi) Sales Commission; Fee; etc.; Paid; Offered; or Agreed to be
Paid: None known at this time
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex
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(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 13, 2024
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Japan--KC-46A Aerial Refueling Aircraft
The Government of Japan has requested to buy up to nine (9) KC-46A
aircraft; up to eighteen (18) PW4062 turbofan engines; up to sixteen
(16) AN/ALR-69A radar warning receivers (RWRs); up to thirty-three (33)
Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) Guardian Laser Turret
Assemblies (GLTAs); and up to eighteen (18) LAIRCM system processor
replacements. The following non-MDE items will also be included:
missile warning sensors; Cartridge Actuated Devices and Propellent
Actuated Devices (CAD/PADs); control interface units; User Data Module
(UDM) cards; electronic warfare database support; KIV-77 crypto
modules; KY-100 crypto terminals; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKL);
AN/APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders;
communications equipment; Computer Program Identification Numbers
(CPINS); integration and test support and equipment; aircraft
components, parts, and accessories; support and support equipment;
spare parts, consumables and accessories, and repair and return
support; training aids, devices, and spare parts; minor modifications
and maintenance support; instruments and lab equipment; classified and
unclassified software delivery and support; facilities and construction
support; unclassified publications and technical documentation;
personnel training and training equipment; jet fuel; transportation and
airlift support; warranties; studies and surveys; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated
total cost is $4.1 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security objectives of the
U.S. by improving the security of a major ally that is a force for
political stability and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific region.
The proposed sale will improve Japan's aerial refueling capability
and passenger transport operations, which will contribute to enhanced
deterrence of current and future threats in the region. Japan already
has KC-46A aircraft tankers in its inventory and will have no
difficulty absorbing these articles into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractors will be Boeing Corporation, located in
Everett, WA; Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, located in East
Hartford, CT; RTX Corporation, located in Goleta, CA; and Northrop
Grumman Corporation, located in Rolling Meadows, IL. There are no known
offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to Japan.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
[FR Doc. 2025-20506 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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